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| The EAC Deputy Secretary General (in charge of Political Federation), Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, in a discussin with Mr Abdul Janha, the Project Monitoring Unit Co-ordinator of the African Union Commission shortly after signed the implementation agreement on behalf of the EAC. |
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha:
The African Union and the East African Community Monday signed an agreement worth 3,415,489 Euros for the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in the East African region. The first phase of the APSA support covers a period of one year.
The European Union is supporting the APSA programme for Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) through AU with a financial envelope of 40 million Euros over a period of 44 months beginning 1 May 2011.
The objective of the programme is to increase the RECs capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts, according to Mr Abdul Janha, the Project Monitoring Unit Co-ordinator of the African Union Commission, who witnessed the signing at the EAC Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania.
"APSA aims to give the AU, the RECs and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) for conflict prevention, management and resolution (CPMR) necessary instruments to fulfil the tasks of CPMR in Africa as set out in the AU Constitutive Act and the Protocol establishing the Peace and Security Council (PSC)," said Mr Janha.
The EAC Deputy Secretary General (in charge of Political Federation), Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, who signed the implementation agreement on behalf of the EAC, lauded the initiative, saying that it was geared at making the continent more peaceful, stable and progressive.
"The EAC has benefitted a lot from the APSA programmes in our peace and security initiatives," she said, adding: "We are hoping to set up our situation room soon and the CPMR Framework is almost concluded."
An APSA Assessment Study, completed in October 2010, identified specific gaps, needs and priorities with a particular focus on key components namely; the Peace and Security Council (PSC), the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), the African Standby Forces (ASF), the Panel of the Wise (POW) and the Peace Fund.
The Assessment Study suggested that the AU has an opportunity to act as a bridge between RECs/RMs that are keen on maintaining ownership of their peace and security agenda. Such a coordinating role would undoubtedly enhance the principle of subsidiarity, one of the underlying principles of APSA.
The African Union and the East African Community Monday signed an agreement worth 3,415,489 Euros for the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in the East African region. The first phase of the APSA support covers a period of one year.
The European Union is supporting the APSA programme for Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) through AU with a financial envelope of 40 million Euros over a period of 44 months beginning 1 May 2011.
The objective of the programme is to increase the RECs capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts, according to Mr Abdul Janha, the Project Monitoring Unit Co-ordinator of the African Union Commission, who witnessed the signing at the EAC Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania.
"APSA aims to give the AU, the RECs and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) for conflict prevention, management and resolution (CPMR) necessary instruments to fulfil the tasks of CPMR in Africa as set out in the AU Constitutive Act and the Protocol establishing the Peace and Security Council (PSC)," said Mr Janha.
The EAC Deputy Secretary General (in charge of Political Federation), Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, who signed the implementation agreement on behalf of the EAC, lauded the initiative, saying that it was geared at making the continent more peaceful, stable and progressive.
"The EAC has benefitted a lot from the APSA programmes in our peace and security initiatives," she said, adding: "We are hoping to set up our situation room soon and the CPMR Framework is almost concluded."
An APSA Assessment Study, completed in October 2010, identified specific gaps, needs and priorities with a particular focus on key components namely; the Peace and Security Council (PSC), the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), the African Standby Forces (ASF), the Panel of the Wise (POW) and the Peace Fund.
The Assessment Study suggested that the AU has an opportunity to act as a bridge between RECs/RMs that are keen on maintaining ownership of their peace and security agenda. Such a coordinating role would undoubtedly enhance the principle of subsidiarity, one of the underlying principles of APSA.
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